Estela in the mud
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:57:06 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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SF Bay area Potter sailors may be interested in an article in yesterday's
_San Jose Mercury_ (Feb. 17). There is a 135 ft wooden sailing ship, the
_Estela_ that is stuck in the mud near Guadalupe Slough, 4 miles south of
the Dumbarton Bridge. According to the article, the Estela has been stuck
there since 1995 (although this is the first I have heard about it.) The
ship has changed owners since then. The new owners have succeeded in
getting the boat afloat, but the surrounding water is too shallow to allow
sailing it back to the channel. With the help of a tug, they hope to get
the ship free on April 16, when there will be an especially high tide. The
ship will be taken to Redwood City for restoration work. The previous owner
said the ship was built in Spain in 1919, but the new owner believes it was
built in America in the 1870s.
David Kautz called the article to my attention, and we are considering
sailing our P15s down from Redwood City on March 6 or March 20 to visit the
old ship, a distance of 7 plus nautical miles from the Redwood City ramp.
Others are welcome to join us if we go, but the shoal waters in the
southern bay may not be well suited for the P19s.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA